title: Proteomic and biochemical analyses of the cotyledon and root of flooding-stressed soybean plants.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Flooding significantly reduces the growth and grain yield of soybean plants. Proteomic and biochemical techniques were used to determine whether the function of cotyledon and root is altered in soybean under flooding stress.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two-day-old soybean plants were flooded for 2 days, after which the proteins from root and cotyledon were extracted for proteomic analysis. In response to flooding stress, the abundance of 73 and 28 proteins was significantly altered in the root and cotyledon, respectively. The accumulation of only one protein, 70 kDa heat shock protein (HSP70) (Glyma17g08020.1), increased in both organs following flooding. The ratio of protein abundance of HSP70 and biophoton emission in the cotyledon was higher than those detected in the root under flooding stress. Computed tomography and elemental analyses revealed that flooding stress decreases the number of calcium oxalate crystal the cotyledon, indicating calcium ion was elevated in the cotyledon under flooding stress.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that calcium might play one role through HSP70 in the cotyledon under flooding stress.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Crop Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan. skomatsu@affrc.go.jp
authors.forename: Setsuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasue
mesh_terms: D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000378:metabolism; D018548:Cotyledon / Q000378:metabolism*; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D055868:Floods; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000378:metabolism*; D020543:Proteome / Q000378:metabolism*; D040901:Proteomics; D013025:Glycine max / Q000378:metabolism*; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D020543:Proteome; D002129:Calcium Oxalate